Right, with that out of the way...
2015 F1RWRS World 800 - QualifyingCode: Select all
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Phillippe Nicolas MRT 0:43.893
2 Jason Hamilton MRT 0:44.212
3 James Davies Sunshine 0:44.236
4 Alessandro Marchesi MRT 0:44.520
5 Daniel Melrose MRT 0:44.568
6 Daniel Martins Sunshine 0:44.652
7 Raul Souto Maior Aeroracing 0:44.753
8 Jordan Davies Sunshine 0:44.876
9 Nicolas Steele Aeroracing 0:44.909
10 Tomo Kazama Kamaha 0:45.128
11 Barii Mori Kamaha 0:45.136
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12 Dan Greenlaw Prospec 0:45.398
13 Frank Zimmer HRT 0:45.425
14 Matthias Valsattis Kingfisher 0:45.467
15 Justin Case Sunshine 0:45.473
16 Michael Cameron Simpson 0:45.493
17 Carter Simpson HRT 0:45.496
18 Martin van der Maeyede Kingfisher 0:45.511
19 Fredo Mestolio Prospec 0:45.541
20 Rhys Davies Jones 0:45.554
21 Aurelien Moll Gillet ENB 0:45.570
22 Saeed Al Faisal Simpson 0:45.619
23 Nathan McKane Kamaha 0:45.708
24 Jari Kekkonen Boxtel 0:45.738
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25 Thomas De Bock Gillet ENB 0:45.804
26 Johannes Rueckert Boxtel 0:45.834
27 Jean-Luc Schiller Autodynamics 0:45.865
28 Laurent Seron Gillet ENB 0:45.869
29 Damon Cannon Autodynamics 0:45.873
30 Dean Melville HRT 0:45.877
31 Richard Hershall Boxtel 0:45.899
32 Andrea Battani Boxtel 0:45.912
33 Daniel Melville HRT 0:45.923
34 Jean-Vincent Albertini Gillet ENB 0:46.004
35 Terry Hawkin Jones 0:46.033
36 Sammy Jones Jones 0:46.048
37 Hagane Shizuka Revolution 0:46.050
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38 Shinobu Katayama Revolution 0:46.277
39 David Neuberg Kingfisher 0:46.407
40 Marie Simon Revolution 0:46.413
41 Rosco Vantini Jones 0:46.458
42 Miko Fakkinen Autodynamics 0:46.471
43 Pippa Mann Foxdale 0:46.598
44 Poppy Whitechapel Mecha 0:46.644
45 Ben Fleet Foxdale 0:46.657
46 Steven Mackintosh Mecha 0:46.658
47 Ron Mignolet ArrowTech 0:46.673
48 Martin McFry Foxdale 0:46.691
49 Douglas Mann Foxdale 0:46.695
50 Andrea Acuri ArrowTech 0:46.771
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51 Dave Anderson Mecha 0:46.854
52 Andrej Kremnicky Alitalia 0:46.893
53 Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen Alitalia 0:46.954
54 Marcel Agyemang-Badu Alitalia 0:46.974
55 Bobby Dollar Autodynamics 0:47.138
56 Cezary Samelko Dofasco 0:47.608
57 Tomislaw Tajner Dofasco 0:47.720
58 Alexey Buyvolov Dofasco 0:47.792
59 Du Lei Kamaha 0:47.888
To the surprise of absolutely no-one, MRT dominated quali at Indy with their powerful cars, with a brilliant effort from James Davies the only thing stopping them from a front 4 lock out. Behind were the other Sunshines, Aeroracings and most of the Kamahas. That's the thing about Indy - if you don't have the power, things will get difficult. HRT, Prospec, Kingfisher and Simpson were all quick (suprisingly so for the four of them, actually), beating out the Jones cars, the nest of which could only manage 20th. Autodynamics will be pleased, with Cannon and Schiller putting in brilliant efforts, Fakkinen a fair effort, but Dollar, not yet used to an F1RWRS car, was a bit pathetic. Nathan McKane was a bit further back than Kamaha would have liked, but that was because he got blocked on his flyer by Phillippe Nicolas.
In the second half of the field were most of the Jones cars. Sammy will probably have words to say with Phoenix McAllister, after Steele exited the pits and moved straight up in front of Vantini, ruining his flyer as he took evasive action, although it could have been much worse. Actually, he might have words to say to Melrose as well, after a minor collision between Melrose and Vantini on the way into the pits. The Mechas were predicatably slow, the Foxdales surprisingly off the pace, the ArrowTechs not much better. But many were seen running from the paddock after they found out where the Alitalias were, many fearing the wrath of Linari whe he found out that even the talent of Kremnicky couldn't drag the crapbox further up the grid. Behind were the Dofascos, as usual, and last on the grid will be Du Lei, after giving the turn 3 wall a rub.
A lot of teams will be happy, a lot will be angry, but it'd help to remember one thing - starting at Indy and finishing at Indy are two completely different things. At this point I'd say Lei has just as much chance at winning as any of the MRTs, it's just one question that changes - rather than "Will the MRT blow up?", it's "Will Lei fire into a fence at some point?"
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